That was kind of a dark ending. Now I’m fresh out of ideas as to why Homelander wouldn’t just kill them all.
I assume that the next season of Gen V is going to be closely tied into this story line, so they had to come up with a reason for The Boys to remain out of sight for a while.
I’m looking forward to seeing Super Ashley saving the day.
I like this idea. Supposedly the medication that Firecracker is supposed to be taking can cause symptoms like this, but maybe she has the virus also. Although a virus that was strong enough to take out Homelander through breast milk through repeated exposure would probably kill Firecracker outright.
That ending really sucked!
I really wanted to see what Ashley turned into. They could have at least given me that (whine, whine)! I want Ashley to kill Deep.
I thought the ending was exciting and fun but… not sure how much sense it made. In particular, it doesn’t take much of an understanding of American civics to realize that the day that the election is certified and the day on which the Prez and VP elect are actually sworn in and inaugurated are two distinctly different days.
Can someone remind me who the telekinetic Eleven-knockoff was?
Butcher definitely looked much healthier, presumably because (fanwanking) he has now accepted the cancer-disease-hallucination part of his brain wholeheartedly, so is no longer in conflict with himself.
Definitely looking forward to season 5.
If we’re talking about the same person, she’s from S2 Ep 6 when The Boys visited that mental hospital where Stormfront and Lamplighter were making supe terrorists out of kids.
She’s also a major character in Gen V (which is well worth watching by the way).
No, you’re thinking about the top person, but they are talking about the bottom person.
Well, Annie can finally fly for reals zippity doo, and Kimiko can finally talk.
I missed the mid-credits scene the first time.
Oh yeh… whoops. Not sure how I confused telekinesis with horse(human)-whisperer!
The Seven is all about marketing, not ability.
Same reason Big Brother never had Emmanuel Goldstein “killed.” Being officially on the loose keeps them in a position where they can be presented as a continuing threat, against whom constant vigilance is required.
Yes, they could do that with the team dead, but it might be necessary for them to put in an appearance some time.
On an unrelated note, Claudia Doumit and Laila Robins are going to have to look for work now. 
But I’m glad to see Kimono is talking. 
Autocorrect? “Kimiko”.
Dammit, yes!
Out of Doper courtesy, I won’t change it. Well done, catching it so fast. 
But if there ever was an Emmanuel Goldstein, the Party DID have him killed. As of the events of the book in all likelihood Emmanuel Goldstein didn’t exist and maybe never did. He didn’t have to exist to be a bogeyman.
Homelander isn’t as clever as the Party, either.
But Sister Sage might be. And he’s been shown the perils of not listening to her.
Also:
I take the view that Goldstein never existed. That’s why I posted “killed” instead of killed.
That’s kind of important to point out. Some of the best little moments in the series, some of Anthony Starr’s best acting, are the moments when Homelander realizes his clever plan is backfiring and failing in ways he never anticipated. The slow-rising bafflement and frustration is <chef’s kiss> perfect.
His intellect is far behind his superpower prowess or his deformed ambitions.
I kind of wonder if “Starlight’s” nude scenes were done with a body double. Because that would be sort of meta.
That wasn’t Starlight, just a shape-shifter.
Yeh I thought that was a ‘cheeky’ little in-joke.
I know, hence my use of the quote marks.
A prequel series is on the way.